Teaching Assistant
Helston Community College, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8NRThis job expired on 26 January 2022
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 January 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week / 5 days a week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31st August 2022
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 2 [£17,458 pa Full Time Equivalent
Actual salary
- £12,017 pro rata
Teaching Assistant job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated, skilled individual to join our fantastic team at Helston Community College. As a Teaching Assistant, you will have a passion for helping children to achieve their full potential in a team which values creativity, innovation and commitment, focusing on enabling children to learn well in engaging ways.
Helston Community College is one of the family of schools who together are Southerly Point Co-operative Multi-Academy Trust. We genuinely support each other and work closely together to achieve our aim of 'enabling excellence for all': our children, our staff and our communities. Our work is underpinned by the co-operative values and these inform everything we do.
The successful applicant will have previous experience of working with children, ideally in a classroom environment and will have good educational qualifications (5 A*- C GCSEs). You will take a pro-active role in the support of the educational, social and physical needs of assigned students, and should have good listening and communication skills, and the ability to work on your own initiative and within a team.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a large dynamic Trust which offers excellent benefits including a Local Government Pension Scheme and access to wellbeing services.
We are committed to promoting aspiration, encouraging ambition and ensuring achievement within a values-driven ethos.
Southerly Point Co-operative Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. DBS disclosure will be required at the enhanced level for all appointments.
Southerly Point Co-operative Multi-Academy Trust is committed to having a workforce that promotes equality and celebrates diversity.
Applicants are expected to familiarize themselves with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy, which can be found via the following link : https://www.helston.cornwall.sch.uk/web/policies/318090
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Helston Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 0 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1293 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Helston Community College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@helston.cornwall.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01326 572685
At Helston Community College, our students matter: each one an individual, valued and appreciated. We are ambitious for all of our students and are committed to providing a learning experience that consists of high challenge combined with appropriate support, and effective teaching in a safe and disciplined environment.
Our College is a place where doors of opportunity are opened for young people, and we encourage them to make the most of every opportunity that comes their way. We provide a diverse curriculum, allowing students to develop knowledge, skills and talents in a broad range of subject areas. We challenge students’ thinking and encourage them to learn from setbacks, so that they become resilient learners who can respond effectively to future challenges. We urge our students to believe in themselves, to take responsibility for their own learning and personal development, and to work hard so that they achieve their very best.
Helston Community College is part of the Southerly Point Co-operative Multi-Academy Trust, which was established on 1st June 2017. The College's ethos and work is under-pinned by the co-operative values: self–help, self-responsibility, equity, equality, democracy and solidarity; and the co-operative ethical principles: honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. The Trust works together to improve and enhance opportunities for all young people in the local community.
Arranging a visit to Helston Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@helston.cornwall.sch.uk.
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